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A Swiss Airbus was evacuated from Delhi airport due to an engine problem. Four passengers were injured and are being treated in hospital. A flight attendant also suffered a sprained ankle, as Swiss explained on Sunday.
April 26, 2026, 05:05April 26, 2026, 10:49
The problem occurred when flight LX147 took off shortly after 1 a.m. (local time), the airline’s media office wrote. The crew aborted takeoff and evacuated the aircraft as a precaution. At first he had View reported about the incident.
The affected Swiss machine in Delhi.Image: x
According to Swiss, there were 228 passengers and four small children on board the Airbus A330. The 13 crew members are fine, with the exception of the flight attendant with a sprained foot.
In an initial media release on Sunday night there was talk of six injured passengers, but Swiss has now corrected this number to four. When asked by the Keystone-SDA news agency, a Swiss spokesman was unable to provide any further information about the injured people.
Most passengers left the plane via emergency slides, according to the communiqué. A staircase was organized for individual people for whom this was not possible.
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Task force travels to India
Swiss wrote of a stressful situation for everyone involved. The travelers would be looked after. Swiss has now been able to find individual solutions for onward travel for all passengers. The airline emphasized that the safety of its guests and crew is always its top priority.
An airline task force has started work. Technical specialists would travel to Delhi to inspect the aircraft. The airline wants to know in detail what led to the incident.
Swiss recently reported high demand for flights between the Indian capital and Zurich due to the Iran war. It temporarily doubled the daily offering on this route, as the airline announced in mid-March. (sda/con/hkl)